Normative data for stretched penile length in term neonates born in Tamil Nadu

Prabhu, Sudha Rathna; Mahadevan, Shriraam; Bharath, R.; Jagadeesh, Sujatha; Kumutha, J.; Seshadri, Suresh

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“…In an another study by Kulkarni and Rajendran [10], done with term babies from Karnataka, the penile length recorded was somewhat smaller at 23.1 ± 6.1 mm. A more recent study by Prabhu et al [20] from Tamil Nadu shows the penile length to be 28.3 ± 4.9 mm from a sample numbering 346 term neonates. The results of index study which included mainly Bengali population from eastern part of India corroborates more closely with that of Vasudevan et al while differing from the other two Indian studies.…”

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“…Table 2 shows the comparison of mean SFL values with current study value with recent studies conducted in different countries representing Asia, Africa and Europe. All studies shows significantly higher mean values compared with Sri Lankan mean value including South Indian study [7] other than Japan [12] which is from the same region.…”

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“…Measurements were taken with a wooden spatula, which was kept at right angles to the symphysis pubis and the penis was stretched gently to its maximum resistance and measurements were taken along the dorsal aspect of the penis. Two measurements were taken by the principal investigator to nearest millimetre and the mean was calculated [6,7].…”

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“…The normal stretched penile lengths (SPL) of newborns vary depending on the maturity, ethnicity, and race [6][7][8]. Normative data used in Caucasian populations may not be applicable to Asian populations [9,10].…”

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“…Evaluation of the external genitalia is very important in both boys and girls in the routine neonatal examination. There are abnormalities such as ambiguous genitalia, Ceylon Medical Journal 2019; 64: [4][5][6][7][8] DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v64i1.8823 micropenis, undescended testes, hypospadias/epispadias, hyper pigmented genitalia which give clues to underlying endocrine abnormalities or serious structural malformations.…”

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Assessment of the stretched penile length in Sri Lankan newborns

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Introduction Evaluation of the external genitalia is important in the routine neonatal examination, since abnormalities of the genitalia give clues to underlying endocrine disorders or structural malformations.Objectives The objectives of the study were to document the stretched penile length (SPL) of healthy term neonates born following an uncomplicated delivery at a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka, and to establish the normative data for the SPL for Sri Lankan neonates.Method This was a cross sectional observational study, carried out at post natal wards of the Castle Street Hospital for Women, Sri Lanka. The study was done on 369 stable newborns delivered at the gestational age of 37 to 42 weeks. A complete neonatal examination was performed by the principal investigator and the measurements of the weight, length, head circumference and stretched penile length were obtained. Mean penile length and statistically significant difference of penile length (SD) values were calculated. The correlation of mean penile length, period of gestation, birth weight and length were analysed. ResultsThe SPL positively correlated with the length of the baby. There is no statistically significant correlation of birth weight, head circumference and gestational age with the SPL. The mean SPL for term Sri Lankan newborns was 3.03cm ± 0.37cm and the -2SD value was 2.29cm. ConclusionSince the -2SD of SPL was 2.29cm, measurements less than this should be considered as micropenis.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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